The Economics of Star Wars (Inforgraphic)

As you probably know by now, Disney purchased Lucas Films and the rights to the Star Wars Universe for $4 Billion dollars. The film franchise has been enormously lucrative for George Lucas and has spanned over 3o years. Just how lucrative has the franchise been? Well considering that Lucas made a deal ensuring him rights to the future of the franchise when negotiating the contract for the first film, (which may have been the deal of the century) and has banked most of the money since…